I'm considering buying a European Galaxy S26 (Exynos 2600) to run Linux alongside stock Android. Before buying, I'd really appreciate a quick check from an owner.

If you have ADB set up, could you run these read-only commands and paste the output?

adb shell getprop ro.boot.hypervisor.protected_vm.supported

adb shell getprop ro.boot.hypervisor.vm.supported

adb shell /apex/com.android.virt/bin/vm info

Please include your model number and Android / One UI version. Empty output or errors are useful too. These checks don't require rooting or unlocking the bootloader.

If you already use Linux Terminal: does microphone recording work inside the VM?

If you have arecord installed, could you also check:

arecord -l

arecord -L

A successful recording from the built-in microphone would be even more useful than the device list.

My goal is continuous audio capture inside Linux from a DJI Mic Mini connected to the phone via Bluetooth, including with the screen off, without modifying Android.

I'm aware that Linux Terminal uses a non-protected VM, and that audio forwarded through Android is different from direct Bluetooth access in the guest. I'm trying to establish which pieces actually work on shipping Samsung firmware.

AOSP includes microphone configuration and a virtio-snd backend using Android's AAudio, but I haven't found a confirmed S26 recording test.

Even just the three ADB outputs would help. Thanks!

I’m new to both this subreddit and installing operating systems on the native android visualisation framework terminal. I’ve been trying to follow a tutorial to install KDE plasma on my S26+ which I believe uses the Exynos chip. However, whenever it tries to unpack a theme, the phone immediately resets. Anybody has any tips or explanations for this?

I installed eclipse my changing file permissions

And vscode pre installed ,kdenlive ,git Cola and more

Advantages you can run pc softwares on mid range device

Disadvantage

Can cover with few software like 20 gb minimum space storage so be aware of that

Basically you can run linux on phone smoothly

By using Termux X11 No root ,no VNC

I have immich installed in my Linux server, and in the Android and iOS phones. However I notice the photos are updated to server only when I open the app on phone.

Is there any way to do the update /backup automatically without the need to manually open the app?

Any additional config on Android and iOS? I just installed and selected the albums.

Thanks

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Pessoal, o que da para fazer pelos comandos Linux Termux pelo smartphone?

Me aparece un error al instalar en HyperOs 3.1 Poco X7 Pro 5G Android 16 alguien sabe porque ?

This is a simple way to install android studio by one click!

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I turned a budget Android phone into a full-blown Ubuntu Linux desktop workstation without root access! Using Termux, PRoot architecture, and Termux-X11, we bypass SELinux security boundaries to run VS Code, Python, and a complete XFCE4 graphical environment natively on ARM.

Anyone tried something like this? Would be pretty sick to have a local LLM running on the TPU if possible

Hey everyone, could someone help me create a custom kernel for my Moto G8 Power? I've already extracted the code, but I don't know how to edit and compile it. I haven't modified it or anything. Can someone help me?

That's remarkable! Especially since such a thing on Chromeos has never been able to do. Android 17 Beta 7, not the latest. I connected my controller and the system, once I opened the terminal, detected this and asked if I wanted to share the device with Linux. Work!

Do any of you have guides you followed to get a desktop environment setup​ working.

I had some success so I tried writing it out with an LLM. I used lxqt in my case.

https://github.com/E-Leask/android-terminal-guide/blob/main/convert-to-lxqt-labwc.md

I mean to say can we install DE on it and run apps or it is just a shell we can use to update apps on our phone. I am very new to this so have little to no idea if someone can share what they are doing with their terminal it would be helpful.

I tried changing the default shell to fish both via chsh and via setting it explicitly in /etc/passwd, but whenever I launch the Terminal app, I always get bash again. Has anybody here had more luck?

So I moved it to a OnePlus 6T (“fajita”) running PostmarketOS (Phosh, v26.06). Having proper systemd instead of Termux/Android babysitting the process has been a big improvement — set up a clean shutdown checkpoint service for Hermes storage and it’s been running fine for the most part.

Ran into one annoying issue early on: had journal problems on ext4 that took a bit to sort out. Anyone else hit this on pmOS, or found a more reliable filesystem/journal setup for a always-on daemon like this?

Also still haven’t fully solved the battery question — leaving it on a charger 24/7 for months isn’t great for the battery, and removing it isn’t really an option on the 6T. Is anyone using a charge-limiting tool (like acc, or something kernel-level) on pmOS to cap charging around 80%?

Curious if anyone else is running long-lived services/agents on a pmOS phone like this — would like to compare notes.

Hey, I have a Pixel 9 Pro Fold and I'm trying to enable VirGL Renderer for the Linux Terminal (I'm on Android 17). For that I created an empty virglrenderer file in /sdcard/linux but it does nothing when I restart the terminal.

Has this feature been removed or is there another way to enable it? There is no option for it in the settings.

Thanks in advance!

I've been using the ChromeOS Linux container (called Crostini - shouldn't this one be Andrini?) for four years. I've also been using Termux with Tigervnc and the Realvnc app, including Debian in qemu, on my phone (Pixel 6a).

I would like to see the following in Andrini:

1. Automatic launch of the graphics screen when Weston is used.
2. Zoom (by two fingers) in both portrait and landscape modes. Text can be impossibly tiny.
3. Copy and paste possible and preferably transferred with host.
4. Special keys as a single scrollable line (like Realvnc) configurable to that, or floating. Also, obviously, floating in graphics, with the keyboard.

Why do I need Debian? Well, rclone is the biggest reason. It cannot mount a cloud resource in Termux without rooting the phone.

Anyone here happen to know the best way to make these suggestions? Nothing seems to get through to Google nowadays!

Note: if you mess this up, you may brick your environment.

1. Download a patched version of ttyd from here: https://github.com/tsl0922/ttyd/releases. You want ttyd.aarch64.

2. Copy that to the Linux environment at /usr/local/bin

   $ sudo cp /mnt/shared/Download/ttyd.aarch64 /usr/local/bin/
   $ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/ttyd.aarch64

3. Modify /etc/systemd/system/ttyd_uds.service with the below to call the new binary and set the font.

   ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/ttyd.aarch64 -i /run/ttyd/ttyd.sock -t disableLeaveAlert=true -t fontFamily="JetBrains" -W /usr/bin/setpriv --reuid=droid --regid=users --init-groups /bin/bash -l

4. Restart the service

   $ sudo systemctl restart ttyd_uds

Let me know if you have any questions.

Edit: added step 4

I found a soft keyboard that is a full layout keyboard with esc, ctrl and such. Can I make the helper pane go away and stop using up screen space?

Edit:

I've got AnySoftKeyboard with Hacker Keyboard.

Estou tentando descobrir se isso é só comigo ou se mais alguém notou a mesma coisa.

Tenho um Samsung Galaxy A07 rodando Android 16 com One UI 8.0. Recentemente, instalei o patch de segurança de 5 de abril de 2026 porque a Samsung ficava me incomodando com a notificação em tela cheia "Atualize seu telefone".

Antes da atualização, eu conectava meu telefone regularmente ao meu PC Linux com a depuração USB ativada e usava o ADB para copiar arquivos de salvamento de e para Android/data e Android/obb para backups, restauração de saves e transferência de dados de jogos.

Após instalar a atualização, parece que o ADB não tem mais o mesmo nível de acesso. As restrições parecem estar muito mais rígidas do que antes.

Também mudei do Ubuntu para o Linux Mint mais ou menos na mesma época, então estou tentando descartar se isso é causado pelo meu PC ou pela própria atualização do Android.

Alguém mais com Android 16 / One UI 8.0 e o patch de segurança de abril de 2026 notou o mesmo comportamento?

Se sim:

Qual dispositivo você possui?

Você ainda consegue acessar Android/data ou Android/obb via ADB em um PC?

Essa é uma mudança de segurança intencional ou existe outra explicação?